added npm run serve

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist-ssr
 /production
 /cert
 *.local
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 
 # local env files
 .env

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
-# Top cleanup in this codebase
+# AO API Server (ao-server)
-- Replace configuration.js with .env file (loaded automatically by Vite)
+
-- Figure out why the client can't contact the server
+An AO server, or AO API server keeps track of the history of a single community. One or more users can connect to the same AO server and communicate. 
-- Fix 801 TypeScript errors on server
+
+# Installation
+
+Use [ao-cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@autonomousorganization/ao-cli) to install.
+
+If installing manually:
+
+```
+cd ~
+git clone http://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org:3009/autonomousorganization/ao-server.git
+cd ao-server
+npm i --force
+```
+
+(`--force` is necessary temporarily because we are using a development version of TypeScript to make compiling simpler using a new feature.)
+
+# Starting the server
+
+To start the server running, do:
+
+`npm run serve`
+
+# Installing as a service
+
+To run the server in the background or on system startup, install it as a systemd service.
+
+Use `ao-cli` to do this; it has have an easy menu option built in for this (very soon).

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npx tsc --project tsconfig.json",
-    "server": "npm run build && node dist/src/server/app.js"
+    "serve": "npm run build && node --loader ts-node/esm src/server/app.ts"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
     "hash.js": "^1.1.7",
     "ts-node": "^10.8.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.0.0",
-    "typescript": "^4.8.0-dev.20220613",
+    "typescript": "^4.8.0-dev.20220613"
-    "vite": "^2.9.9",
-    "vite-plugin-node": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }

tsconfig.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "module": "NodeNext",
     "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "types": ["node", "vite/client"],
+    "types": ["node"],
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "composite": true,
     "incremental": true,
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
     "importHelpers": false,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
   },
-  "include": ["src/server/*", "src/*.ts", "src/modules/*"]
+  "include": ["src"]
-}
+}